Thematic Bible: Creation of


Thematic Bible



Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth, and the creatures that crawl on the earth." So God created man in His own image; He created him in the image of God; He created them male and female. God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth."


So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to come over the man, and he slept. God took one of his ribs and closed the flesh at that place. Then the Lord God made the rib He had taken from the man into a woman and brought her to the man. And the man said: This one, at last, is bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh; this one will be called woman, for she was taken from man. read more.
This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.

Then God said, "Let the water swarm with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky." So God created the large sea-creatures and every living creature that moves and swarms in the water, according to their kinds. [He also created] every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. So God blessed them, "Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters of the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth."

God is enthroned above the circle of the earth;
its inhabitants are like grasshoppers.
He stretches out the heavens like thin cloth
and spreads them out like a tent to live in.
Verse ConceptsMidgetsCurtainsEarth, Description OfGod, Sovereignty OfInsectsCreation Of The Physical HeavensGod Is TranscendentMan, Insignificance OfGrasshoppersCirclesSmall CreaturesScienceEarthGod Being Outside Of CreationFlat Earth


This is what God, Yahweh, says—
who created the heavens and stretched them out,
who spread out the earth and what comes from it,
who gives breath to the people on it
and life to those who walk on it
Verse ConceptsBreath Of LifeChaosGod, The CreatorGod, The LordCreation Of The Physical HeavensSpirit, Fallen And RedeemedMan, Creation OfGod Giving Breatha new beginningGod's Creationbreathingbreath

Long ago You established the earth,
and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfFoundationsCreation, Origin OfBeginningPower Of God, ShownGod Acting Of Old


For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
but the Lord made the heavens.
Verse ConceptsAstronomyCreation Of The Physical Heavens

I was there when He established the heavens,
when He laid out the horizon on the surface of the ocean,
Verse ConceptsCreation Of The Physical HeavensCirclesCreation Of The Seas







“Indeed, ask about the earlier days that preceded you, from the day God created man on the earth and from one end of the heavens to the other: Has anything like this great event ever happened, or has anything like it been heard of? Verse ConceptsCreation Of All MankindMan's Relation To GodEnd Of Days



But you have forgotten the Lord, your Maker,
who stretched out the heavens
and laid the foundations of the earth.
You are in constant dread all day long
because of the fury of the oppressor,
who has set himself to destroy.
But where is the fury of the oppressor?
Verse ConceptsFoundations


Then God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so. God called the dry land "earth," and He called the gathering of the water "seas." And God saw that it was good.


Praise Him, highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens. Let them praise the name of the Lord, for He commanded, and they were created.

Praise Him, highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens. Let them praise the name of the Lord, for He commanded, and they were created.


So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to come over the man, and he slept. God took one of his ribs and closed the flesh at that place. Then the Lord God made the rib He had taken from the man into a woman and brought her to the man.

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